Household baling-press.



1LT. JOHNSEN. HUUSEHOLD BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. $916.

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Patented Sept. 25,1917.

1 T IOHNSEN HOUSEHOLD BALING PRESS. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 5, I916.

' PatentedSept. 25, 1917.

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JOHN T. JOHNSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOUSEHOLD BAIiING-PRESS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

Application filed June 5, 1916. Serial No. 101,689.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. JoHNsnN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HouseholdBailing-Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a simple baling press or crate for householduse into which waste paper such as newspapers and the like may be placedwhen discarded, and stored, so that the baled papers may be suitablybound with cord or wire and removed from the press, and then easilydisposed of or sold.

It is an object therefore of this invention to construct a simple typeof paper baling press for household use wherein the papers may bedeposited and at any time easily bound with cord or wire and removedfrom the press for disposal.

It is also an object of this invention to construct a paper baling pressadapted to receive folded papers stacked therein, permitting bindingmeans to be tied therearound prior to the removal of the papers from thepress, the removal thereof being accomplished by moving two sides of thepress away from the other two thereof by releasing certain lockingmechanisms for the purpose.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to construct a paperbaling crate or press comprising detachable sections adapted to belocked to one another to receive papers deposited therein to be stackedand corded, and easily removed therefrom by unlocking the sections.

It is finally an object of this invention to construct a simple balingpress adapted for household use, easy to operate and serving effectuallyto perform the purpose.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baling press embodying theprinciples of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 4t is'a top plan view illustrating the separating operation of thepress sect-ions.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of device, with theoperation shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a top plan, view thereof, showing the operation in dottedlines.

Fig. 7 is a detail of a hinge connection. Fig. 8 is a detail of a. latchconnection. As shown in the drawings: 2

'Referring first to Figs. 1 to i inclusive, the baling press is builtintwo sections, substantially the same in construction, one sectionbeing provided with a bottom 1, and the other section with. a bottom 2,adapted to fit thereover when the sections are locked to one another.Secured on two sides of the bottom 1, are uprights 3, which are bracedby horizontal bars l, connected thereto in any suitable manner andspaced therealong. Similarly the other section consists of uprights 5,secured to the bottom 2, and braced by horizontal cross members 6,spaced therealong and secured thereto. horizontal members 6, of onesection of the press have pins 7, secured therein, and pivoted on theends of the horizontal members 4:, of the other section of the press arelatches 8, adapted to engage with said pins to lock the respectivesections one to another with the bottom 2, of one section registereddirectly over the bottom 1, of the other. The bottom 2, of one of thesections of the press is provided with two parallel grooves 9, therein,permitting a cord 10, to be threaded therealong when a number of papers11, have been stacked within the assembled press, said cord 10, beingthreaded upwardly inside of the respective horizontal members 4 and 6,of the press, at the upper end thereof, and there knotted, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3.

In the modified form of my device illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive,I have shown the baling press as consisting of a bottom 12, havingparallel grooves 13, therein, with rigid upright side frame members 14:and 15. A pair of wall 'frame sections 16 and 17, respectively,connected by hinges 18, form a part of the press, and the wall framesection 16, is connected to the rigid wall frame section 1 1, by hinges19. Mounted along one edge of the wall frame section 17, is a pluralityof latch hooks 20, and pins 21 are provided along the edges of the wallframe section 15, to receive the latches engaged there- The ends of thethe; case may be, and the ends I used, merely lifted away from 'ing thesections of the with to lock the hinged sections 16 and '17, to therigid frame members of the press.

The operation is as follows: In either of the types shown, when thebaling press is to be used, it is first lockedup into the boX-like formshown in Figs. 1 or 5, and

. the papers stored therein,usually newspapers,

folded flat and placed therein. When the press has finally become filledwith papers, such as shown inFig. 2, cords or wires 10 are threadedthrough the grooves 9 or 13, as in the bottom of the press, of the cordsled upwardly inside of the horizontal members of the side wall frames tothe top of-the press and there knotted to one another. The sections ofthe press are then unlocked and the press opened either in the mannershown in Figs. 5 and 6, or if the construction shown in Fig. 1 is oneanother, as shown in Fig. 4, and the corded papers removed and'disposedof.

It is obvious that any type of look or latching means may be used inplace of the latch hooks and pins I have shown, for lockbaling pressdetach- 'ably to one another.

without departing am aware that the details of constructionv may bevaried through a wide range from the principles of other with one ofsaid this inventionfand I therefore donot purpose limiting the patentgranted otherwise member, two side wall members rigidly secured theretoand to each other at an angle, another bottom. member, and two otherside wall members rigidly secured thereto and to each other at an angle,the two sections formed by said 'bottomzmembers and side wall membersadapted tobe locked to each bottom members overlying the other and withthe sidewall members forming the four sides of a boxlike structure.

In testimony whereof have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN T. JOHNSEN. Witnesses LE ROY D. KILEY, EARL M. HARDINFL.

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